multilingual announcements

FireIce SG

yupz, sadly. dunno why they dun want to change to keep up with our identity/ culture

你搞不清楚状况啊??

this IS our identity/culture

FireIce SG

having all four lang.. the door gonna take 10mins to close..

for the tourists leh?
must have jipoonese, korean and tagalog~!

SBS2695H SG

do we have to follow them? for some places, a simple chime is enough.

It would be ideal to have all door closing annoucements replaced with a Dennis Trident doors closing chime and all station annoucements removed except for interchange stations.

mrtfan SG

It would be ideal to have all door closing annoucements replaced with a Dennis Trident doors closing chime and all station annoucements removed except for interchange stations.

how about tourists? you can replace ALL station announcements. can remove the "next station" announcements, but keep the station announcements.

"This station is xx. xx站到了。Stesen ini xx. (Tamil equivalent)."

For interchanges, still have to announce in 4 langs.

"xx Interchange. Interchange station for the xx Line towards xx. xx转换站。乘客可以转乘xx线往xx沿途各站。Persimpangan xx. Persimpangan untuk Landasan xx ke arah xx. (Tamil equivalent)"

can cut all the crap about "Passengers continuing their journey to ..." Just have to make it very concise and it won't sound long and draggy. Then can ask Ms/Mrs/Mdm Juanita Melson to come and record the announcements again.

skythewood SG

announce is extra service for those who not sure of their way, not meant for local who already know their way.

hisoka SG

你搞不清楚状况啊??

this IS our identity/culture

our culture for speaking is in malay? 0.o

skythewood SG

official working language is english

national language is malay.

ever wonder why national anthem and military command is in malay?

Stage SG

announce in singlish best, everyone will understand.

"door closing liao hor, siam!"

Wah, this one is the best lah.

*Pee-por* (Like the kalanguni horn)

Attention ah, for safety must stand behind yellow line hor.

*Pee-por*

Outram Park inter'cange' , those that are going sit north east line de mrt plz drop here.

*Pee-por*

Inside station cannot makan ok!!

huaiwei SG

I would support all announcements in all four languages too, just as it was before when they announced the stations names this way. This is befitting of our city as a multi-cultural one, and there are actually tourists who marvel at this even if they cannot understand 75% of it.

When I was in Taipei, they make all announcements in Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka and English. They still have time to close the door thou. ;)

Oop1991 SG

announcement now is great. add more languages make is too much. like the way how the voice tells you if you arrive at an interchange station. like: "jurong east interchange, this train service terminates at this station, passengers who are continuing their journey towards the city, pasir ris or changi airport please proceed to platform A on the left. Passengers who are continuing their journey towards boon lay, please proceed to platform B on the right, Jurong east interchange". its very good tourists they all understand english

huaiwei SG

I doubt the large numbers of Chinese, Japanese, or Indonesian tourists are masters of the English language thou.

SBS2695H SG

When I was in Taipei, they make all announcements in Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka and English. They still have time to close the door thou. ;)

If there are so many languages, the ride would feel so naggy and longwinded.

huaiwei SG

If there are so many languages, the ride would feel so naggy and longwinded.

Only four thou. Station announcements can lend an air of classiness if done tastefully. I find those security and no food/drink announcements far more naggy and even embarrasing with regards to the later in particular.

Dark Honour SG

Since the rate of literacy is high, I can assume that most commuters can read.

I prefer quiet environments and rather dislike the repetitive announcements.

What they should do is having LCD scream like those you see in the NEL.

And they can input inside the data on the next station and etc.

At the same time, perhaps they can have two columns of the same station name displayed on the LCD. The left would be English, and the right would keep reverting from Chinese to Malay to Indian and back again.

Those who’ve been to Japan and seen the LCD screen in the train on the Yamanote & Chuo line will understand. (i.e. they have Kanji of the station name and the next minute it flickers to the Hiragana characters)

jayh272416 SG

Why not have 4 columns/2 rows and two columns/ whatever, just 4 boxes, put all 4 languages there?

SMRT BUSES LuvER SG

So, how abt this announcement for a train to arrive in an underground station..

"Please mind the gap, u idiots!"

"Berhati-hati di ruang platform, bodoh!"

Chinese and tamil language same same la!

Dark Honour SG

Actually, I think the NEL has multilingual announcements.

They tend to repeat it a lot more than the SMRT.

And it can be a little noisy at times.

skythewood SG

should use jap too...

door opening ==> Bankai!

Dark Honour SG

should use jap too...

door opening ==> Bankai!

Lol, that would be so random using Japanese in the trains. Example: Tsugi wa Dhoby Ghaut, Dhoby Ghaut. O-deguchi wa migigawa desu. Touzai-sen, Nanboku-sen, Tounan-sen wa O-norikae desu. Kono densha wa Kanjou-sen de, uchi-mawari, Paya Lebar, Bishan houmen yuki desu. Kanjou-sen wo go-riyuu itadakimashite arigatou gozaimasu. That would be pretty random. The translation is: (from future circle line) "Next station, Dhoby Ghaut, Dhoby Ghaut. The doors will open on the right. Please change here for the East-West, North-South and North-East line. This is the Circle line, anti-clockwise route, heading for Paya Lebar and Bishan. Thank you for using the Circle Line."

105090 SG

i find all the announcements in 4 languages v v irritating.. esp SBS's NEL (mind the gap, what station etc) some more the station's distances are so short, theres hardly much time where there is no announcements on-going.
SMRT not so bad.. except the Going to JB advertisement, but otherwise their announcements freq is OK.. last time got one time after every station they will say "This train will terminate at Pasir Ris/ Boon Lay/ J East/ Marina Bay Station".. imagine someone from pasir ris sit till boon lay.. hear same announcements 20+ times

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